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US9213166B2
US9213166B2 US13/738,454 US201313738454A US9213166B2 US 9213166 B2 US9213166 B2 US 9213166B2 US 201313738454 A US201313738454 A US 201313738454A US 9213166 B2 US9213166 B2 US 9213166B2
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  • the present invention relates to an imaging lens and an electronic apparatus, more particularly to an imaging lens having four lens elements and an electronic apparatus having the same.
  • US patent application publication no. 2011/0299178 discloses a conventional imaging lens with four lens elements, including a first lens element with negative refractive power, a second lens element with positive refractive power, a third lens element with an image-side surface that is concave in vicinities of an optical axis and a periphery thereof, and a fourth lens element with an image-side surface that is convex in vicinities of an optical axis and a periphery thereof.
  • the design proposed in the publication is unable to reduce overall system length while keeping good optical performance.
  • Each of US patent application publication nos. 2011/0261471 and 2012/0176687 discloses a conventional imaging lens with four lens elements, including a first lens element with positive refractive power and a second lens element with negative refractive power.
  • the entire image-side surface of the second lens element is a concave surface, resulting in relatively large gap between the second and third lens elements, which does not favor reduction of the system length.
  • Taiwanese patent no. TWI279607 Taiwanese application publication no. 201137429, U.S. Pat. No. 7,755,853, U.S. Pat. No. 7,692,877, U.S. Pat. No. 8,089,704, US patent application publication nos. US20110058262, US20120069449, and Japanese patent application publication nos. JP2011064989, JP2012042840 discloses a conventional imaging lens, which is likewise not able to achieve reduction of the system length without compromising optical performance.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an imaging lens having a shorter overall length while maintaining good optical performance.
  • an imaging lens comprises first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged from an object side to an image side in the given order.
  • Each of the first, second, third, and fourth lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side.
  • the first lens element has a positive refractive power, and the object-side surface thereof is a convex surface.
  • the second lens element has a negative refractive power, and the image-side surface thereof has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the imaging lens.
  • the image-side surface of the third lens element is a convex surface.
  • the object-side surface of the fourth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of an optical axis of the imaging lens.
  • the image-side surface of the fourth lens element is a curved surface and has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis of the imaging lens, and a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of the fourth lens element.
  • the imaging lens does not include any lens element with refractive power other than the first, second, third, and fourth lens elements.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic apparatus having an imaging lens with four lens elements.
  • an electronic apparatus includes a housing and an imaging module.
  • the imaging module is disposed in the housing, and includes the imaging lens of the present invention, a barrel on which the imaging lens is disposed, a seat unit on which the barrel is disposed, and an image sensor disposed at the image side and operatively associated with the imaging lens for capturing images.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the first preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the first preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 3 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the first preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 4( a ) to 4 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the first preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating spatial axes
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the second preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the second preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 8 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the second preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 9( a ) to 9 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the second preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the third preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the third preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 12 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the third preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 13( a ) to 13 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the third preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the fourth preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 15 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the fourth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 16 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the fourth preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 17( a ) to 17 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the fourth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the fifth preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 19 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the fifth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 20 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the fifth preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 21( a ) to 21 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the fifth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram that illustrates the sixth preferred embodiment of an imaging lens according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 23 shows values of some optical parameters corresponding to the imaging lens of the sixth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 24 shows values of some parameters of an optical relationship corresponding to the imaging lens of the sixth preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 25( a ) to 25 ( d ) show different optical characteristics of the imaging lens of the sixth preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 26 is a table that lists values of parameters of other optical relationships corresponding to the imaging lenses of the first to sixth preferred embodiments.
  • FIG. 27 is a schematic partly sectional view to illustrate a first exemplary application of the imaging lens of the present invention.
  • FIG. 28 is a schematic partly sectional view to illustrate a second exemplary application of the imaging lens of the present invention.
  • an imaging lens 10 of the present invention includes an aperture stop 2 , first, second, third, and fourth lens elements 3 - 6 , and an optical filter 7 arranged in the given order along an optical axis (I) from an object side to an image side.
  • the optical filter 7 is an infrared cut filter for selectively absorbing infrared light to thereby reduce imperfection of images formed at an image plane 8 .
  • Each of the first, second, third, and fourth lens elements 3 - 6 and the optical filter 7 has an object-side surface 31 , 41 , 51 , 61 , 71 facing toward the object side, and an image-side surface 32 , 42 , 52 , 62 , 72 facing toward the image side.
  • Light entering the imaging lens 10 travels through the aperture stop 2 , the object-side and image-side surfaces 31 , 32 of the first lens element 3 , the object-side and image-side surfaces 41 , 42 of the second lens element 4 , the object-side and image-side surfaces 51 , 52 of the third lens element 5 , the object-side and image-side surfaces 61 , 62 of the fourth lens element 6 , and the object-side and image-side surfaces 71 , 72 of the optical filter 7 , in the given order, to form an image on the image plane 8 .
  • Each of the object-side surfaces 31 , 41 , 51 , 61 and the image-side surfaces 32 , 42 , 52 , 62 is aspherical and has a center point coinciding with the optical axis (I).
  • the first lens element 3 may be formed with a peripheral extending portion, which may be flat or stepped in shape.
  • the extending portion merely serves to provide the function of installation and does not contribute toward passage of light through the first lens element 3 .
  • the other lens elements 4 - 6 may also be formed with extending portions similar to that of the first lens element 3 .
  • the lens elements 3 - 6 are made of plastic material in this embodiment, and at least one of them may be made of other materials in other embodiments.
  • the first lens element 3 has a positive refractive power
  • the object-side surface 31 thereof is a convex surface
  • the image-side surface 32 thereof is a curved surface that has a concave portion 321 in a vicinity of the optical axis (I) and a convex portion 322 in a vicinity of a periphery of the first lens element 3 .
  • the second lens element 4 has a negative refractive power, the object-side surface 41 thereof is a concave surface, and the image-side surface 42 thereof is a convex surface that has a convex portion 421 in a vicinity of the optical axis (I), and another convex portion 422 in a vicinity of a periphery of the second lens element 4 .
  • the third lens element 5 has a positive refractive power, the object-side surface 51 thereof is a concave surface, and the image-side surface 52 thereof is a convex surface.
  • the fourth lens element 6 has a negative refractive power
  • the object-side surface 61 thereof is a curved surface that has a convex portion 611 in a vicinity of the optical axis (I) and a concave portion 612 in a vicinity of a periphery of the fourth lens element 6
  • the image-side surface 62 thereof is a curved surface that has a concave portion 621 in a vicinity of the optical axis (I) and a convex portion 622 in a vicinity of the periphery of the fourth lens element 6 .
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 1.878 mm, a half field-of-view (HFOV) of 35.23°, and a system length of 2.519 mm.
  • HFOV half field-of-view
  • each of the object-side surfaces 31 - 61 and the image-side surfaces 32 - 62 is aspherical, and satisfies the optical relationship of
  • z represents a depth of an aspherical surface, which is defined as a perpendicular distance between an arbitrary point on the aspherical surface and a tangent plane at a vertex of the aspherical surface at the optical axis (I);
  • c represents a vertex curvature of the aspherical surface
  • K represents a conic constant
  • u represents r/r n , where r n represents a normalization radius (NRADIUS);
  • a m represents an m th Q con coefficient
  • Q m con represents an m th W con polynomial
  • FIG. 3 Shown in FIG. 3 is a, table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the first preferred embodiment.
  • ALT represents a sum of a distance between the object-side surface 31 and the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 at the optical axis (I), a distance between the object-side surface 41 and the image-side surface 42 of the second lens element 4 at the optical axis (I), a distance between the object-side surface 51 and the image-side surface 52 of the third lens element 5 at the optical axis (I), and a distance between the object-side surface 61 and the image-side surface 62 of the fourth lens element 6 at the optical axis (I);
  • CT 2 represents a distance between the object-side surface 41 and the image-side surface 42 of the second lens element 4 at the optical axis (I);
  • AAG represents a sum of a distance between the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 and the object-side surface 41 of the second lens element 4 at the optical axis (I), a distance between the image-side 42 surface of the second lens element 4 and the object-side surface 51 of the third lens element 5 at the optical axis (I), and a distance between the image-side surface 52 of the third lens element 5 and the object-side surface 61 of the fourth lens element 6 at the optical axis (I);
  • AG 12 represents a distance between the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 and the object-side surface 41 of the second lens element 4 at the optical axis (I);
  • AG 23 represents a distance between the image-side surface 42 of the second lens element 4 and the object-side surface 51 of the third lens element 5 at the optical axis (I);
  • BFL represents a distance between the image-side surface 62 of the fourth lens element 6 and the image plane 8 of the imaging lens 10 at the optical axis (I);
  • EFL (effective focal length) represents a system focal length of the imaging lens 10 .
  • FIGS. 4( a ) to 4 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the first preferred embodiment, respectively.
  • curves corresponding respectively to wavelengths of 470 nm, 555 nm, and 650 nm are shown.
  • the first preferred embodiment since each of the curves corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration has a focal length at each field of view (indicated by the vertical axis) that falls within the range of ⁇ 0.06 mm, the first preferred embodiment is able to achieve a relatively low spherical aberration at each of the wavelengths. Furthermore, since a deviation in focal length among the curves at each field of view does not exceed the range of ⁇ 0.02 mm, the first preferred embodiment has a relatively low chromatic aberration.
  • the first preferred embodiment has a relatively low optical aberration.
  • the first preferred embodiment is able to meet requirements in imaging quality of most optical systems.
  • the imaging lens 3 of the first preferred embodiment is still able to achieve a relatively good optical performance.
  • FIG. 6 illustrates the second preferred embodiment of an imaging lens 10 according to the present invention, which has a configuration similar to the first preferred embodiment.
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 2.00 mm, an HFOV of 33.46°, and a system length of 2.643 mm.
  • FIG. 8 Shown in FIG. 8 is a table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the second preferred embodiment.
  • FIGS. 9( a ) to 9 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the second preferred embodiment, respectively. It can be understood from FIGS. 9( a ), 9 ( b ), 9 ( c ) and 9 ( d ) that the second preferred embodiment is able to achieve a relatively good optical performance even with the system length reduced down to below 3 mm.
  • the difference between the first and third preferred embodiments resides in that:
  • the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 is a convex surface.
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 2.223 mm, an HFOV of 31.14°, and a system length of 2.880 mm.
  • Shown in FIG. 12 is a table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the third preferred embodiment.
  • FIGS. 13( a ) to 13 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the third preferred embodiment, respectively. It can be understood from FIGS. 13( a ), 13 ( b ), 13 ( c ) and 13 ( d ) that the third preferred embodiment is likewise able to achieve a relatively good optical performance even with the system length reduced down to below 3 mm.
  • the difference between the first and fourth preferred embodiments resides in that:
  • the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 is a concave surface.
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 1.999 mm, an HFOV of 33.83°, and a system length of 2.608 mm.
  • FIG. 16 Shown in FIG. 16 is a table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the fourth preferred embodiment.
  • FIGS. 17( a ) to 17 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the fourth preferred embodiment, respectively. It can be understood from FIGS. 17( a ), 17 ( b ), 17 ( c ) and 17 ( d ) that the fourth preferred embodiment is likewise able to achieve a relatively good optical performance even with the system length reduced down to below 3 mm.
  • the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 is a concave surface.
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 1.792 mm, an HFOV of 36.66°, and a system length of 2.486 mm.
  • Shown in FIG. 20 is a table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the fifth preferred embodiment.
  • FIGS. 21( a ) to 21 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the fifth preferred embodiment, respectively. It can be understood from FIGS. 21( a ), 21 ( b ), 21 ( c ) and 21 ( d ) that the fifth preferred embodiment is likewise able to achieve a relatively good optical performance even with the system length reduced down to below 3 mm.
  • the difference between the first and sixth preferred embodiments resides in that:
  • the image-side surface 32 of the first lens element 3 is a convex surface.
  • the imaging lens 10 has an overall system focal length of 2.175 mm, an HFOV of 31.57°, and a system length of 2.805 mm.
  • FIG. 24 Shown in FIG. 24 is a table that lists values of some optical parameters of the aforementioned optical relationship (1) corresponding to the sixth preferred embodiment.
  • FIGS. 25( a ) to 25 ( d ) show simulation results corresponding to longitudinal spherical aberration, sagittal astigmatism aberration, tangential astigmatism aberration, and distortion aberration of the sixth preferred embodiment, respectively. It can be understood from FIGS. 25( a ), 25 ( b ), 25 ( c ) and 25 ( d ) that the sixth preferred embodiment is likewise able to achieve a relatively good optical performance even with the system length reduced down to below 3 mm.
  • FIG. 26 Shown in FIG. 26 is a table that lists the aforesaid relationships among some of the aforementioned optical parameters corresponding to the preferred embodiments for comparison.
  • EFL/ AG 23 ⁇ 45.0 AAG/CT 2 ⁇ 3.0
  • ALT/CT 2 ⁇ 8.0 (4) 1 ⁇ AG 12 /AG 23 (5) 0.8 ⁇ EFL ⁇ 3.0 (6)
  • EFL/AG 23 When the imaging lens 10 satisfies optical relationship (2), it favors reduction of the system length.
  • EFL/AG 23 >45.0 large EFL may be unfavorable for miniaturization of the imaging lens 10
  • small AG 23 indicates that the second and third lens elements 4 , 5 may be too close, so that when the second lens element 4 is designed to have a convex portion 422 in a vicinity of a periphery thereof, there may be interference between the second and third lens elements 4 , 5 due to manufacturing tolerance, resulting in adverse effects on assembly and optical performance.
  • EFL/AG 23 is preferable to range between 10.0 and 45.0, but should not be limited thereto.
  • AAG and CT 2 fall within an appropriate length range. Otherwise, large AAG may be unfavorable for reduction of the system length, and small CT 2 may render manufacturing of the imaging lens 10 difficult.
  • AAG/CT 2 is preferable to range between 1.0 and 3.0, but should not be limited thereto.
  • ALT and CT 2 fall within an appropriate length range. Otherwise, large ALT may be unfavorable for reduction of the system length, and small CT 2 may render manufacturing of the imaging lens 10 difficult.
  • ALT/CT 2 is preferable to range between 3.0 and 8.0, but should not be limited thereto.
  • optical relationship (5) which means that the distance between the first and second lens elements 3 , 4 is equal to or larger than the distance between the second and third lens elements 4 , 5 , and due to the positive refractive power of the first lens element 3 and the negative refractive power of the second lens element 4 , optical performances of the first and second lens elements 3 , 4 are enhanced.
  • AG 12 /AG 23 is preferable to range between 1 and 5, so as to prevent an excessively large distance between the first and second lens elements 3 , 4 that may undesirably affect miniaturization, or to prevent interference which result from an excessively small distance between the second and third lens elements 4 , 5 .
  • the system length of the imaging lens 10 may be effectively reduced using conventional techniques.
  • the positive refractive power of the first lens element 3 may provide a necessary refractive power for the overall imaging lens 10 , while the negative refractive power of the second lens element 4 may correct optical aberration.
  • the gap between the third and fourth lens elements 5 , 6 may be reduced without compromising optical performance.
  • the fourth lens element 6 has the image-side surface 62 with the concave portion 621 in the vicinity of the optical axis (I) and the convex portion 622 in the vicinity of the periphery of the fourth lens element 6 , so that light may arrive at the image plane 8 through a relatively horizontal path, resulting in higher sensitivity of the light sensors at the image plane 8 .
  • the convex portion 422 of the image-side surface 42 of the second lens element 4 which is in the vicinity of the periphery of the second lens element 4 , cooperates with the image-side surface 52 of the third lens element 5 to reduce the optical aberration.
  • optical aberrations such as spherical aberration
  • the concave and convex portions of the lens elements 3 - 6 even when the system length is reduced, optical aberrations may still be reduced or eliminated, resulting in relatively good optical performance.
  • system length of this invention may be reduced down to below 3 mm, so as to facilitate developing thinner relevant products with economic benefits.
  • FIG. 27 Shown in FIG. 27 is a first exemplary application of the imaging lens 10 , in which the imaging lens 10 is disposed in a housing 11 of an electronic apparatus 1 (such as a mobile phone), and forms apart of an imaging module 12 of the electronic apparatus 1 .
  • the imaging module 12 includes a barrel 21 on which the imaging lens 10 is disposed, a seat unit 120 on which the barrel 21 is disposed, and an image sensor 130 disposed at the image plane 8 (see FIG. 1 ) and operatively associated with the imaging lens 10 for capturing images.
  • the seat unit 120 includes a first seat portion 121 in which the barrel 21 is disposed, and a second seat portion 122 having a portion interposed between the first seat portion 121 and the image sensor 130 .
  • the barrel 21 and the first seat portion 121 of the seat unit 120 extend along an axis (II), which coincides with the optical axis (I) of the imaging lens 10 .
  • the seat unit 120 is configured as a voice-coil motor (VCM), and the first seat portion 121 includes an inner section 123 in which the barrel 21 is disposed, an outer section 124 that surrounds the inner section 123 , a coil 125 that is interposed between the inner and outer sections 123 , 124 , and a magnetic component 126 that is disposed between an outer side of the coil 125 and an inner side of the outer section 124 .
  • VCM voice-coil motor
  • the inner section 123 and the barrel 21 , together with the imaging lens 10 therein, are movable with respect to the image sensor 130 along an axis (III), which coincides with the optical axis (I) of the imaging lens 10 .
  • the optical filter 7 of the imaging lens 10 is disposed at the second seat portion 122 , which is disposed to abut against the outer section 124 . Configuration and arrangement of other components of the electronic apparatus 1 in the second exemplary application are identical to those in the first exemplary application, and hence will not be described hereinafter for the sake of brevity.
  • the electronic apparatus 1 in each of the exemplary applications may be configured to have a relatively reduced overall thickness with good optical and imaging performance, so as to reduce cost of materials, and satisfy requirements of product miniaturization.
  • application and configuration of the imaging lens 10 are not limited to such.
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